A 49-year-old woman’s death on McDowell Road in Jackson has been ruled a homicide, police said Monday.
Lorenda Maxwell’s body was found just before 7 a.m. inside a home at 1007 W. McDowell Road.
About two hours before her body was found, officers responded to a possible hostage situation on Greenview Drive, near McDowell Road, about a mile away from where the Maxwell’s body was found.
The two incidents did not appear to be related. Anyone with information about the woman’s death is asked to call Jackson police.

JACKSON, Miss. —

A 49-year-old woman’s death on McDowell Road in Jackson has been ruled a homicide, police said Monday.

Lorenda Maxwell’s body was found just before 7 a.m. inside a home at 1007 W. McDowell Road.

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About two hours before her body was found, officers responded to a possible hostage situation on Greenview Drive, near McDowell Road, about a mile away from where the Maxwell’s body was found.

The two incidents did not appear to be related. Anyone with information about the woman’s death is asked to call Jackson police.